Sec. 6904.053. ANNEXATION OF TERRITORY ANNEXED TO MUNICIPALITY IN DISTRICT. (a) At any time after final passage of an ordinance or resolution annexing territory to a municipality in the district, the board may give notice of a hearing on the question of annexing that territory to the district. The notice is sufficient if it:
(1) states the date and place of the hearing; and
(2) describes the area proposed to be annexed or refers to the annexation ordinance or resolution of the municipality.
(b) The notice must be published one time in a newspaper of general circulation in the municipality not later than the 10th day before the date set for the hearing.
(c) If, as a result of the hearing, the board finds that the territory will benefit from the present or contemplated improvements, works, or facilities of the district, the board shall adopt a resolution annexing the territory to the district.
(d) After the territory is annexed to the district, the board may call an election in the entire district to determine whether:
(1) the entire district will assume any tax-supported bonds then outstanding and those bonds previously voted but not yet sold; and
(2) an ad valorem tax for the payment of the bonds will be imposed on all taxable property in the district.
Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 920 (H.B. 3166), Sec. 1.06, eff. April 1, 2009.
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